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Large Antique Stubbs
Fruit
Flowers
Blue Transferware Platter or Serving Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very large, antique blue transfer Staffordshire serving tray.
By Stubbs & Kent.
In the 'Fruits & Flowers' pattern.
Measuring approx. 20 5/8 in. by 16 3/4 in.
Simply a wonderful...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Country Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Antique Blue
White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Miniature Sauce Tureen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain sauce tureen or miniature tureen.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue depicting a mountai...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique Blue
White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Fish Platter or Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large fine antique Chinese export porcelain serving tray.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue.
Depicting a mountainous Chinese village to the top of the lid and ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique KPM Royal Berlin Topographical/Weichmalerei Easter Egg Flacon or Bottle
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM), KPM Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain egg shaped flacon or bottle.
By the Royal Berlin KPM Porcelain Manufactory (Die Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin)...
Category
Antique 19th Century German Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Istanbul Pezzato Murano Art Glass Vase No. 4402 by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Fulvio Bianconi, Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Pezzato polychrome patchwork art glass vase.
By Venini.
Designed by Fulvio Bianconi (1915-1996).
In the Pezzato Istanbul series with light yellow, clear, mole-grey, and vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Barovier
Toso
A Grosse Costolature
Art Glass Vase
By Barovier&Toso, Ercole Barovier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Murano art glass vase.
By Ercole Barovier for Barovier & Toso.
From the 'A Grosse Costolature' series.
With a fan-shape...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage English Gin Decanter / Liquor Label by Richards
Knight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage English Gin decanter or liquor label.
In sterling silver.
By Richards & Knight.
The octagonal silver label hangs on a chain and reads: WHISKY
Marked with English hallmarks for Richards & Knight, Birmingham, Sterling, 1975.
Simply a great vintage Gin label...
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage English Port Decanter / Liquor Label by Richards
Knight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage English Port decanter or liquor label.
In sterling silver.
By Richards & Knight.
The octagonal silver label hangs on a chain and reads: PORT
Marked with English h...
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Miniature Bronze Cormorant Figurine or Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine miniature bronze sculpture.
Modeled in style similar to the French Animaliers like Barye, Bonheur or Mêne.
In the form of a cormorant bird.
Mounted on a black wooden square...
Category
20th Century Unknown Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Imari Porcelain Punch Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large antique Japanese Meiji porcelain bowl.
With a white ground and extensively gilt throughout.
Primarily decorated in red, blue, and gold with bits of green, brown, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Scalloped Bowl or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Imari porcelain bowl.
With a white ground. Central to the bowl is a stylized Shimazu clan crest (家紋, lit. family crest) within a black and red circle that is...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Samson Chinese Export Style Porcelain Bianco Sopra Bianco Plate
By Samson
Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French porcelain plate.
Attributed to Samson.
In the Chinese Export porcelain style.
With a painted floral motif to ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Finnish Tapio Wirkkala for Hackman Puukko Knife
Sheath
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine puukko knife & sheath from the 1960's.
Designed by Tapio Wirkkala and produced by Hackman.
The puukko comprising a stainless steel blade, brass fittings, and a black nylon ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Old Round Blue
White Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Covered Tureen/Vegetable
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain covered tureen or vegetable dish.
In the Canton pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue.
Depicting a mountainous Chinese village to the top o...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Kangxi Blue Ginger Jar with Phoenix
Birds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export porcelain ginger jar.
With a white ground and blue decoration.
With a depiction of a Chinese phoenix (Fènghuáng, 鳳凰) amongst the clouds, along with de...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Export Eggshell Porcelain Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese Export porcelain vase.
In a baluster form.
Decorated with a painted scene of two men and two women in traditional Chinese garb. In the background are trees and a roc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Japanese Sterling Silver Mid-Century Modern Cocktail or Iced Tea Straws
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of iced tea or cocktail straws.
In 950 fineness sterling silver.
Each with a shaped bowl, a stylized bamboo shaft, and a figural charm attached by a jump ring.
The cha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Signed Anna Sykora Sgraffito Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Modern studio vase.
Anna Sykora, vases Sgraffito vases, 2014. Porcelain, terra sigillata
By Anna Sykora.
With a white porcelain body with a light grey terra sigillata slip...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Pair of Antique Japanese Meiji
Black Ship
Imari Porcelain Cups
Saucers
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Japanese Imari porcelains demitasse coffee or tea cups & saucers.
In the 'Black Ship' pattern.
Decorated throughout with painted depictions of Western sailors and their ships in reds, blues, and greens with extensive gilt accents throughout.
The centers of the cups and saucers each have a stylized gilt kanji for longevity (寿).
The bases of both cups & saucers have apocryphal Chinese reign marks for the Ming Dynasty of the Chenghua period (太明成化年製).
Black Ships (黒船, kurofune) was a name used for Western sea vessels arriving in Japan from the 16th - 19th Century. The name originated from the very first Portuguese vessels to trade with the Japanese ca. 1543 had hulls painted black. When the expedition of Matthew Commodore Perry in 1853 forcibly ended Japan's self-imposed isolationist sakoku (鎖国, lit. "locked country") period, his steam-powered warships inspired fear in the Japanese populace with their coal fueled black smoke. Subsequently, the Black Ships became symbolic of the end of Japan's isolationist period.
Simply a wonderful set of antique Arita...
Category
Early 20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Antique 18th Century German Tin Glazed Fayence Pottery Shaving Bowl
By Wallendorf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German fayence (or faience) pottery shaving bowl.
Marked for Wallendorf.
In a white ground tin-glazed pottery richly decorated with blue, green, yellow and brown und...
Category
Antique 18th Century German Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
Antique Dutch Delft Pottery Polychrome Beaker Vase by Pieter Kocx/De Grieksche A
By Pieter Adriaensz Kocx, De Grieksche A
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Dutch Delft pottery beaker form vase.
By Pieter Adriaensz Kocx of De Grieksche A.
With a white ground and decorated with floral motifs in reds, blues, and greens and with gi...
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Vases
Materials
Delft
Antique Baker Manchester Daffodils Sterling Silver Sauce Ladle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Art Nouveau sauce ladle.
In sterling silver with a gilt bowl.
By Baker Manchester.
In the Daffodil pattern.
Simply a wonderful ladle!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Saucer with Doves in a Bird Bath
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine late 18th or early 19th Century Chinese export armorial porcelain saucer.
With a white ground and cobalt blue and gilt geometric designs.
The center bears an armorial crest ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Donna Karan Lenox Signed Limited Edition Embrace Porcelain Vase / Vessel
By Lenox
s Ceramic Art Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine limited edition porcelain vase.
By Donna Karan for Lenox Porcelain.
Entitled: "Embrace".
This collaborative line partnering Donna Karan (of DKNY) design with America's lead...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Imari Porcelain Plate or Dish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese (or Chinese) porcelain plate.
With a white ground decorated with an ocean landscape scene along with flowers and birds in tones of green, red, yellow, and br...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Japanese Imari Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Imari plate.
With a white ground and decorated with geometric and floral devices in blues, reds, oranges, and oranges. The blue cross device to the middle is reminiscent of a shimazu mon.
The exterior of the rim has blue underglaze devices and accent lines to the footrim.
Simply a wonderful Meiji porcelain plate...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chimayo Wool Woven Purse with a Silver Closure
By Native American Art
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Native American woven purse.
From Chimayo (a region inhabited by Pueblo Indians since about 1200 CE).
Dating from the 1940s - 1950s.
Principally...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain
In the Rose Medallion (Famille Rose) style.
The central cartouche of the bowl depicts a flor...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
6 Japanese Sterling Silver Mid-Century Cherry Blossom Cocktail/Iced Tea Straws
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of iced tea or cocktail straws.
In 950 fineness sterling silver.
Each with a sakura flower (Japanese cherry blossom) bowl, a stylized bamboo shaft, and a figural charm a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Barware
Materials
Silver
12 Shreve Art Deco Sterling Silver Cocktail or Hors d
oeuvres Picks / Forks
By Shreve
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of Art Deco cocktail or hors d'oeuvres picks.
By Shreve & Co. of San Francisco, California.
In sterling silver.
Each with an applied, stylized Art Deco 'S' monogram to ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Silver
Pair of Antique Georgian Style Redlich
Co. Sterling Silver 9-Inch Candlesticks
By Redlich
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique candlesticks or candleholders.
By Redlich & Co.
In sterling silver.
Model no. 2143.
Each with a stepped base, robust baluster stem, and removable bobeches....
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Candlesticks
Materials
Silver
Antique 18th Century De Klaauw Dutch Delft Pottery Floral Plate
By Delft, De Klaauw
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Dutch Delft pottery plate.
With a white porcelain ground richly decorated with blue, green, yellow and orange flowers and foliage.
With a brown underglaze De Klaauw ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Fine Antique French Sterling Silver Tea Strainer
By Puiforcat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French tea strainer.
In sterling silver.
Fully hallmarked.
Simply a wonderful strainer!
Date:
Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique Kang Xi Style Chinese Export Porcelain Blue Ground Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese porcelain vase.
In the Kang Xi style.
With blue decoration on a white ground.
Having ogee variant cartouches of landscape scenes of...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Imari Porcelain Scalloped Bowl or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Japanese Imari porcelain bowl.
With a green butterfly crest to the center surrounded by red, blue, green and yellow geometric & floral devices on a white groun...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Kutani Porcelain Vase by Shoundo / Matsumoto Sahei
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Meiji period Kutani porcelain vase.
By Matsumoto Sahei/Shoundo.
In an aka-e style decorated throughout in iron red with extensive gilt accents.
There are cartouches to either side both with branches of red flower with a backdrop of clouds on a white ground.
With 2 figural dragon finial handles.
Marked to the base with '九谷松雲堂製' which translates as 'Made by Shoundo of Kutani'
Matsumoto Sahei (1851-1918) was a master potter who enjoyed success & recognition during his era. In 1876, Sahei received the artist name Shoundo from the nanga painter Tokuda Kansho - he would use that title for nearly 20 years until passing it onto his son as his successor in 1893. Sahei also has the distinction of taking Tokuda Yasokichi I as an apprentice when the latter was 17-years-old. The Tokuda family is perhaps one of the most famous families of Japanese ceramics: Yasokichi I is credited with revitalizing the lost art of ko-Kutani and Yasokichi I, II, & III were all recognized as "Living National Treasures" during their lifetimes.
Shoundo exhibited internationally numerous times at the tail end of the 19th Century. The Keisei Isogaya Museum of Art (which specializes in Meiji Kutani) has a vase of Sahei's that was exhibited in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. He is listed as exhibiting a wide variety of porcelain goods at the 1878, 1889, and 1900 Paris World Exhibitions. He is also listed as exhibiting 'incense burners & porcelain' at the World's Columbian Exhibition held in 1893 in Chicago. The pair of vases that Sahei exhibited in Paris in 1900 bear a strong resemblance to this pair.
Simply a wonderfully rare Japanese porcelain...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Augarten Porcelain Josef Hoffmann White
Gold Melone Covered Box / Sugar Bowl
By Augarten Porzellanmanufaktur, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine porcelain covered sugar bowl (that doubles perfectly as a table box).
In the Melone (pattern) designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1929.
In white porcelain with gold highlights.
B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Vienna Secession Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique English or Irish Delft Pottery Chinoiserie Blue Decorated Plates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique 18th century English or Irish Delft pottery plates.
With Chinoiserie decoration in blue underglaze decoration throughout including ...
Category
Antique 18th Century British Georgian Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Pair of Antique 18th Century Dutch Delft Plates with Chinoiserie Decoration
By De Porceleyne Schotel, De Klaauw
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of fine antique Dutch Delft plates.
Each depicting a woman in classical Chinese garb gesturing towards an extravagant potted plant atop a table.
The rim of each is decorated...
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Delft and Faience
Materials
Delft
Retro Hawkes Cut Glass and Sterling Sterling Pitcher with a Whimsical Dedication
By T. G. Hawkes
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage cocktail pitcher.
By Hawkes.
In sterling silver mounted cut glass.
With an etched inscription to the front reading: TO HAM FROM THE BACKGAMMON BOYS
Signed to the r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Barware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany
Co. Figural Sterling Silver Clothes Pin Desk
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, figural silver paper clip.
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver.
In the form of an old-fashioned clothes pin.
Marked to the base 'Tiffany & Co' and 'Sterling' to the other...
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Silver
Pair of Japanese Bamboo Pattern 950 Sterling Silver Reticulated Napkin Rings
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Bamboo napkin rings.
In 950 sterling silver.
Likely produced in post-war Japan.
With an openwork pattern of bamboo stalks and leaves around the circumference.
Mar...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Buttercup Pattern Sterling Silver Large Oyster Serving Spoon
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large serving spoon.
By Gorham.
In the Buttercup pattern.
We think that this a rare solid oyster spoon.
With a shaped bowl and thick gauged handle.
Fully hallmarked to t...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Buttercup Pattern Sterling Silver Large Pierced Fish Serving Fork
By Gorham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large fish serving fork.
By Gorham.
In the Buttercup pattern.
With a four-tine shovel with pierced bowl and thick gauged handle.
Fully hallmarked to the reverse.
Patente...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frank Lloyd Wright Autograph
Associated Memorabilia - Beth Sholom
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An autograph and associated memorabilia.
A framed autograph from Frank Lloyd Wright.
With a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles on the Beth Sholom Synagogue, and an program fr...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Antique Royal Worcester Gilt Blush Ivory Porcelain Pomander Vase with Pheasants
By Royal Worcester
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain pomander.
By Royal Worcester.
Decorated with a male and female pheasant pair to each side of the pomander and painted...
Category
Early 20th Century English Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Antique Rosenthal Gilt Bouquet Vases with Floral Decoration
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of large German porcelain vases.
By Rosenthal.
With a bulbous body and flaring neck.
Each with 4 floral sprays on a white ground with intricate gilt vine accents throughout. The neck is cream or ivory colored. Both the rim and the footrim are gilt, and each color change from white to cream is separated by a gilt line.
Marked to the base of each for Rosenthal / Selb-Plossberg...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Sterling Silver Kings Mustard Spoon by William Chawner II
By William Chawner II
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English mustard spoon.
In sterling silver.
By William Chawner II or London.
In the Kings pattern.
Each with light gilding to the bowl.
Fully hallmarked to the re...
Category
Antique 1820s English Georgian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Steuben Glass Pedestal Bowl/Tazza No. 7884 by George Thompson
By Steuben Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Mid-Century glass pedestal bowl or tazza.
By Steuben.
Model no. 7884.
Designed by George Thompson.
With a wide shallow bowl supported by 4 arms on a disc shaped base.
Sim...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Signed Paolo De Poli Italian (Rame Smaltato) Modernist Enamel on Copper Bowl
By Paolo De Poli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine large modernist bowl.
In copper and enamel.
By Paolo de Poli. the world-renowned Italian enameller and painter.
The interior decorated in black and red enamels and the exte...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Border Imari Pattern No. 8450 Cranberry Bowl
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Royal Crown Derby porcelain bowl.
In the Border Imari pattern (No. 8450)
The bowl with a scalloped rim, faceted walls, gilt highlights, and imari designs to the border.
Mar...
Category
20th Century British Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Luncheon Plates Border Imari Pattern No. 8450
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Royal Crown Derby porcelain luncheon plates
In the Border Imari pattern (No. 8450)
Consisting of 2 luncheon plates with scalloped rims, gilt highlights, and imari de...
Category
20th Century British Georgian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Old or Vieux Paris Gilt Porcelain
Floral Plates by P A Hannong
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique French porcelain plates.
In old Paris or vieux paris porcelain.
By the Paris porcelain manufactory of Peter An...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Canton Orange Ground Vases or Urns
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique Chinese export porcelain vases.
In the Rose Canton or Famille Rose style.
Decorated throughout with numerous cartouches of flowers and birds in a variety of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Signed Red Gem-Set American Sterling Silver Serving Spoon
By Campbell Metcalf Silver 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique sterling silver serving spoon.
In sterling silver.
By Campbell-Metcalf.
Pattern: Colonial
Set to the handle with glass cabochons in star and diamond bezels.
Simpl...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Meissen Porcelain Ivy or Grapeleaf Pattern Trumpet Flower Vases
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of antique porcelain flower vases.
By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
In the Ivy or Grapeleaf pattern.
With bands of green ...
Category
20th Century German Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pacific Northwest Coast Native Wooden Hawk Carving by William Wasden Jr
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Pacific Northwest Native wooden carving.
The carving in the form of an hawk with red, black, white, and yellow tones set on a brown wooden board.
By William Wasden Jr.
Wasden was trained from a very young age in numerous artistic practices of the Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw peoples including carving, jewelrymaking, and printing. As a high schooler, he began focusing primarily on preserving traditional singing after hearing his grandfather perform. Wasden currently teaches singing in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, British Columbia. He also heads the Gwa'wina Dancer's Cultural Society, whose mission is to spread authentic Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw culture & teachings.
In Kwakwaka'wakw art, human faces are placed strategically on animal carvings to indicate the creature's supernatural ability to transform into a human form. Kwakwaka'wakw origin myths say that their ancestors were originally animals of various kinds who discarded their animal forms and transformed into humans.
Simply a wonderful piece of Pacific Northwest Native art...
Category
20th Century American Native American Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
John Wendt Sterling Ram’s Head Handle Brite Cut Ice Cream Slice or Server
By J.E. Caldwell
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique silver ice cream slice or server.
Made by John Wendt and retailed by J.E. Caldwell of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
With brite cut floral decoration to the bowl and a ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Wood
Hughes Sterling Silver Zephyr Pattern Gravy or Sauce Ladles
By Wood
Hughes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of silver gravy or sauce ladles.
By Wood & Hughes.
In sterling silver.
In the Zephyr pattern.
Each ladle with a gilt bowl and raised geometric decoration to the hand...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tableware
Materials
Sterling Silver
Signed Mid-Century Murano Glass Giaue Bowl by Toni Zuccheri for Venini
By Toni Zuccheri, Venini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-century modern Murano glass bowl.
By Venini.
Designed by Toni Zuccheri.
In the form of a thick glass bowl with complex copper inclusions on opaque orange ground.
Desig...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Art Glass
